The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Trade Union Confederation
of the workers of the Americas (TUCA), the International Trade Union
Confederation (ITUC) and other national trade union confederations have
organised the fourth EU-LAC Summit and have approved the following
Declaration to the Summit of Heads of State and Government that will meet in
May in Lima.
In the wake of the Vienna Summit, international trade unions have been working
closely together and have made substantial progress with the creation of the
aforementioned ITUC, which comprises 311 organisations and some 168 million
affiliates including the TUCA.
We request that the Trade Union Summit be considered as an official event
preceding the Summit of Heads of State and Government and that this
Declaration be taken into account when drawing up the conclusions. Given the
trade union responsibility in this process, we undertake to monitor the
commitments made during the process and ask to be fully involved in the latter...
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